Feathergender

Feathergender is a xenogender which is light, decorative, and similar to the sensation one gets when a feather brushes up against your skin. It can also be when one feels a strong connection to feathers, and the feathers of a certain kind of bird. Feathergender is not the same thing as the birdgender category; but people who are feathergender may also identify with one or more birdgenders. Someone can feel their gender is related to the feathers of a bird while not feeling that their gender is related to that actual bird, so some feathergender people may say that they're "_______feathergender" to denote the bird to whose feathers they feel the strongest connection.

Feathergender can be either an umbrella term for specific genders related to specific birds' feathers, or an actual gender describing someone's connection to feathers. Feathergender people, just like most other gender identities, can be any and all genders besides feathergender as well, and though feathergender is a xenogender, feathergender people do not have to be xenic. Feathergirls are women-aligned feathergender people; featherboys are men-aligned feathergender people; featherbies are non-binary-aligned feathergender people; feathrals are neutral-aligned feathergender people; featherages are agenrine-aligned feathergender people, and plural-aligned feathergender people are multifeathers. Xenine-aligned feathergender people would simply call themselves feathers.

Examples of genders based on the feathers of specific kinds of birds are owlfeather-gender, hawkfeather-gender, etc. etc.

Pronouns

Pronouns =/= gender, so feathergender people, like everyone else can use whichever pronouns or pronoun sets they feel comfortable with. Examples of potential, specifically feathergender-related pronouns are feather/featherself, fea/feaself, and quill/quillself.

History

The term feathergender and all its specificities and variant terms were coined by LGBTQA Wiki user Rainbowraven96 on February 6, 2021.